Jardin Public, Champs Elysées

n.d.

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Gabriel Thouin was the son of Jean-André Thouin, who had been a gardener in the service of the king of France. Following in his father’s footsteps, Gabriel became a gardener as well. Throughout his career, he documented the most famous private and public gardens in France, which he eventually published in the two-volume study Plans raisonnés de toutes les espèces de jardins. Although his preparatory drawings are beautifully colored, he opted for simple black-and-white illustrations to keep the book’s production cost low, thus making it available to a wider audience. In a later edition, Thouin’s striking palette was introduced through the new medium of color lithography.

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Title: Jardin Public, Champs Elysées
Artist: Gabriel Thouin (French, 1747–1829)
Date: n.d.
Medium: Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, and watercolor over graphite underdrawing
Dimensions: sheet: 15 3/4 x 11 1/8 in. (40 x 28.3 cm)
Classifications: Drawings, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2007
Object Number: 2007.346.2
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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